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Waternish

Bhatarnais

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Meaning

promontory of the waterspout


Settlement

Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

IV55

NG264594


English / Map Form: Waternish

Gaelic Form: Bhatarnais


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE

Postcode area: IV55

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A87

English / Map Form: Waternish

Gaelic Form: Bhatarnais


Language Notes

ON vatna-nes: gen. sg of ON vatn, fem. 'waterspout, stream' + nes, neut. nom. sg. 'promontory' = ‘promontory of the waterspout’

Element Meaning

ON vatn ~ waterspout, stream; ON nes ~ promontory

Sources

Watternes 1626 Retours (Inverness) no. 45
Watterness 1655 Retours (Inverness) no. 79
Watterness 1664 Retours (Inverness) no. 95
Vaternish 1776 Mackenzie: North part
Waternish 1804 Heather
Bhatairnis Dwelly 1912
vatn (vadn Old Norse for water)… spelled “Bhatairnis” Forbes, 446
Bhatairnis Sorley Maclean, An Cuilitheann
Bhatairnis Robertson

Additional Information

This is an established term. Cleasby and Vigfusson have vatns-nes. This derivation is also given in McBain 1922, 36. The precise phonological development of this name from the ON form is not entirely clear.

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